# version abstraction
DEB_VERSION := $(shell LC_ALL=C dpkg-parsechangelog | grep '^Version: ' | sed 's/^Version: *//')
# pretty-print the date
-DATE := $(shell date --date="`dpkg-parsechangelog | grep '^Date: ' | sed 's/^Date: *//'`" '+%d %B, %Y')
+DATE := $(shell LC_ALL=C date --date="`dpkg-parsechangelog | grep '^Date: ' | sed 's/^Date: *//'`" '+%d %B, %Y')
# source depends -- check if these packages are installed
SRC_DEPENDS := debiandoc-sgml lout psutils